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Green plaque № 59770

Berkeley, CA, United States

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1984. Chamber of Commerce/Wells Fargo Bank. Walter H. Ratcliff, Jr., Architect, 1925–1927. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For nearly a half century, this steel frame and concrete structure, clad in brick and terra cotta, was Berkeley’s onl

y “skyscraper.” Walter Ratcliff, highly respected for his fine residences and public buildings throughout Berkeley, designed this Classical Revival commercial tower at the peak of his career. Six grou

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